I am getting older. My memory is getting worse. I drive down streets that I don’t know anymore. The child I used to be is long gone and so are the places that held those memories. The touchstones of my life are getting harder to remember. I feel like at times I’m making up a city that I don’t know, like an imaginary…Read more...

At this point, I’m not sure why Trump is making Attorney General William Barr dance so hard. Maybe he likes watching Barr’s stomach jiggle. Maybe he enjoys knowing just how far the head of the Department of Justice will go to save him. Maybe he’s masochistic.

In the aftermath of Zion Williamson’s 31-point explosion Tuesday night, all Carmelo Anthony could muster was awe at what had just transpired.Read more...

As we continue to await details of the public memorial for Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and the seven other passengers who perished in a helicopter crash in late January, reports say Bryant and his daughter were quietly buried in a private ceremony Friday.Read more...

First, you try to get free.Read more...

Distribution of white supremacist materials—from pamphlets to signage to bulletins—spiked by more than 120 percent between 2018 and 2019, says a new report published by the Anti-Defamation League.Read more...

Noise-cancelling headphones, an extra-large heating pad, cotton underwear, Anime collections, and chocolate lip balm are some the Wednesday deals on the world wide web.

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Alright, folks, I have to keep it firmly a buck with you. I don’t know what, exactly, an Amy Klobuchar is. I know she’s running for President and apparently is a bit of a dick to her employees. Oh! I also know ol’ girl got bodied by Sunny Hostin.Read more...

Bruh, I swear racism in schools has just become my beat or something. It ain’t even been a whole ass week since another school fixed its face and did something racist. Tonight, it’s Nazis; more specifically, their flag.Read more...

Over the past couple weeks, we’ve seen the unlikely rekindling of the Friends vs Living Single beef. Things got started when Friends actor David Schwimmer was asked in an interview about a Friends reboot. He gave an answer saying he’d want to see an all-Asian or all-black reboot of the show. While well-meaning, it…Read more...

The moment I saw the afro pick, I knew it was love. Black love.Read more...

It’s the kind of grief that comes without an expiration date, but Vanessa Bryant knows that what she’s feeling is “normal.”Read more...

Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Hollywood has a bit of a diversity problem.Read more...

For as much as a lot of cops spend their time looking to harass innocent citizens, we are always wishing we could see what happens when they are on the other side of that equation.Read more...

It was almost as if Roger Stone, who was convicted of seven counts of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to Congress, was a regular person.

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Netflix is taking a victory lap after landing rights to a feature-length documentary about the life of Nipsey Hussle. Streamers including Apple and Amazon are also reported to have vied for the project in an intense bidding war that ended in an eight-figure deal.Read more...

The controversial “stop-and-frisk” policy of the New York Police Department has spent a great amount of time in the news lately as former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg—who is currently running for president—has been repeatedly called to task for the policy he supported up until recently.Read more...

It’s not even June yet and Dwyane Wade is already making a serious bid for Father of the Year.Read more...

An Arkansas police officer has been relieved of duty after authorities saw disturbing footage of him fulfilling his duties by choking a black high school student.Read more...

Don’t worry if you didn’t know that the New Hampshire primary is Tuesday. It’s OK; it just means one of three things:

In the immediate aftermath of his first championship as an NBA executive, Toronto Raptors President of Basketball Operations Masai Ujiri did what any of us would do: He turned up.Read more...

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It has been two whole weeks since Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others perished in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles. I have spent the entire time trying to put my thoughts on his death together in a sensible way. So many of my friends and colleagues have said it much more eloquently than…Read more...

Look, I get it.Read more...

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Last week, the Trump administration abruptly issued a ban on Global Entry for New York citizens as a result of recent laws in support of undocumented immigrants.Read more...

Last spring, over the course of 10 days, three black churches in Louisiana were burned down. It was a heinous act that evoked memories of a much darker time in our country’s history.Read more...

Look, I’m sure at this point in the game you don’t need me to tell you that Stacey Abrams is nothing short of a force of nature. She ran for governor of Georgia in 2018 and in doing so became the first black woman ever to be nominated for governor by a major party. While she gained a record number of votes statewide,…Read more...

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done—or been implicated in? What’s the worst mistake you ever made? Were you entirely innocent, or at least, in some minor way, culpable? If innocent, did you let the anger at the injustice define you, or allow your goodness to speak for itself? If not, do you consider yourself a…Read more...

Real talk? No shade—okay, maybe just a little—but if we had a choice between being invited to the Oscars and being invited to the legendary Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty, well...we’re disco-napping and will see y’all after the Best Picture is announced. And apparently, much of Hollywood feels the same way, since the…Read more...

Editor’s Note: This week, The Root commemorates Black History Month with a series on little-known or forgotten rebels, celebrating black America’s legacy of defiance.Read more...

I believe the phrase is “not like this.”Read more...

In what serves as the latest example of a popular documentary forcing authorities into action, the Manhattan district attorney’s office will reexamine the circumstances surrounding the 1965 murder of civil rights icon Malcolm X.Read more...

Black history is American history. Full stop.Read more...

Did you watch the 2020 Academy Awards? No? Was it because the #OscarsSoWhite? I mean, they were (and accordingly, we’re going to have our lightest Oscars slideshow ever today), but in a year that denied both people of color and women their nomination shine (shoutout to Natalie Portman for having the names of this…Read more...

Unless you belong to an arbitrarily specific religion that prays exclusively to Gayle King and/or Oprah Winfrey, neither of those women are gods. Which means that neither is infallible. And if, for instance, you allowed Gayle to borrow your last $20 and she refuses to pay you back, or you invited Oprah to a game night…Read more...

On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel, arguably the most well-known black actress in the entire world at the time, took to the podium at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub inside the legendary Ambassador Hotel, in Los Angeles, to accept her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress—the first ever for a black entertainer.Read more...

During Trump’s impeachment trial, a rumor began circulating that the president of the United States had threatened GOP senators that their heads would be on a “pike” if they didn’t support Trump. Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) noted that the president was mob-bossing from the White House, but South Carolina Sen.…Read more...

Mo’Nique has been through it.Read more...

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President Trump, like most IG “models,” refuses to admit that he doesn’t wake up this naturally orange. We all know that his daily makeup routine includes, at the very least, painting his face with decayed coyote blood. Yet and still, the president keeps claiming that his images have been photoshopped by haters.

It’s the biggest (and whitest) night of film once again and we’re here to give you the scoop.

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Did it really take a former Republican congressman to finally launch the first black news network?Read more...

Is this another messy AF case of cultural appropriation?Read more...

I must say, I’m at least slightly conflicted about this one.Read more...

Tyler Perry is nominated among the worst achievements in film for 2019 but the history-making Hollywood mogul is not in bad company.Read more...